New Heights

The New Heights Lady Hawks’ basketball team remained unbeaten this season whipping Chesterfield-Ruby Middle School on Jan. 6 by a score of 43-14.
With the lopsided victory over the visiting Rams, the Lady Hawks improved to 6-0 on the season.

The New Heights Lady Hawks basketball team split their two games last week losing to Darlington Monday in overtime and defeating McBee Thursday. Both games were played at New Heights.
In Monday’s game with Darlington the Lady Hawks fell to the visitors 35-32 in overtime. The game was tied 29-29 at the end of regulation.
Scoring for the Lady Hawks were Zykeiah Leach 16, Myia Meadows 12, and Shay McBride four.

The New Heights Middle School Hawks ended their baseball season Monday, April 15, losing at Indian Land 8-7. The Hawks finished the season with a record of 2-12.
Hitting safely for New Heights were B.R. Hatcher and Jaylen Wilson with two hits each and A.C. McManus with two hits and one RBI.

The New Heights Lady Hawks split their two games last week defeating Darlington and losing at Andrew Jackson.
The Lady Hawks lost at Andrew Jackson 10-3 on Monday, March 25.
Katelyn Tomberlin was the losing pitcher.
Leading hitters for New Heights were Shay McBride with one hit and one run; Shadell Harris with one run and Samyia Meadows, Logan Duvall and Allie Parker with one hit each.
The Lady Hawks picked up a win Wednesday, defeating Darlington Middle School 7-6 at home.

By JERRY “SHUG” HAIGLER
Progressive Journal Correspondent
The New Heights Hawks have lost their past four games and watched their season record fall to 1-8.
At the Rawtown Rumble in Cheraw the Hawks lost to Hartsville 8-1 in six innings on Friday, March 15.
Tommy Eubanks was the losing pitcher, hurling four-and-two-thirds innings and allowing seven hits while striking out one.

The New Heights Middle School Lady Hawks split their two games last week, losing to Chesterfield/Ruby on Monday March 11 and then defeating Long Middle of Cheraw two days later on Wednesday, March 13.
Chesterfield posted a 9-6 win over the Hawks with Katelyn Tomberlin the losing pitcher. She allowed three hits and struck out five.
Hitting safely for the Hawks were Moriah King with one hit and two runs; Samyia Meadows with two hits and two runs, and Ashley Watson with one hit and one run.

The New Heights Hawks notched their first win of the baseball season by defeating the visiting Cheraw Braves 11-6 last Wednesday, March 13.
Tyriq Baker was the winning pitcher, tossing five innings and allowing two runs, one walk and striking out nine.
Hitting safely for the Hawks were Quan Chambers with one hit and one RBI; B.R. Hatcher Jaylen Wilson and Kevon Wall each with one hit and two RBI’s; Jacob Aldridge with one hit and Tommy Eubanks with two hits.

By JERRY “SHUG” HAIGLER
Progressive Journal Correspondent
In their only game last week, the New Heights Lady Hawks lost at home 46-28 to the Darlington Lady Falcons.
Myia Meadows led the Lady Hawks in scoring with 14 points followed by Zykeiah Leach with 10 points and Taia Blount and Shay McBride with two each.

By JERRY “SHUG” HAIGLER
Progressive Journal Correspondent
The New Heights Lady Hawks basketball team split the two games they played last week losing at North Central 39-27 on Monday, Dec. 10 and defeating Lee Central at home Thursday, Dec. 13.
Scoring for New Heights against North Central were Myia Meadows with 17 points, Zekeyiah Leach with seven, Harmony Crawford with two and Destiny Robinson with one point for New Heights.

The New Heights Hawks put the finishing touch on their 2012 football season last Thursday, Oct. 25 by defeating their host Andrew Jackson Volunteers 22-6 to complete the season undefeated 8-0.
The visiting Hawks controlled the ball most of the first quarter after receiving the opening kickoff and driving 75 yards for a touchdown, climaxed by Davonta Robinson’s short run. Robinson also made good on the two-point conversion to give New Heights an 8-0 lead with 1:25 left in the opening period.